Judging Team Information
Georgia 4-H offers a wide variety of opportunities for students to learn about the world around them; then share their knowledge with their peers through competitions. Kids will learn how to work independently, and as part of a team, critical thinking, mastery over their topic area, how to effectively give oral reasons to support their findings and be able to mentor younger students on their team. Habersham County 4-H participates in the judging teams below. Please click on the title of each team for more information.
UGA Livestock Show Team Resources
Habersham County is blessed to have youth showing a variety of livestock, including goats, sheep, pigs, cows, dairy cows, and even horses at times. For more information, contact the 4-H Office.
Livestock Judging Resources
This year, we plan to host livestock judging practices on Tuesdays from January to March. Youth will learn to evaluate groups of livestock and give oral reasons in classes. Our practices will hopefully involve visits to local farms if you'd like to help us out!
Following livestock judging comes poultry judging on Tuesdays. We'll learn to evaluate laying hens for egg production, how to candle eggs, broken out eggs, parts, and whole birds. Poultry judging also involves an oral reasons component in the live laying hen class. The contest is held in April.
We'll begin practices in June to learn how to evaluate habitat and food for various types of wildlife in conjunction with forestry practices.
We'll begin practices in June to learn tree identification, insect and disease identification, compass and pacing, volume estimation, and site evaluation. Our senior team will compete for the state title on Sept. 28 in Nunez, GA.
Cotton Boll & Consumer Judging Resources
We're currently practicing each week—4-8th grades on Tuesdays from 3:30-5:30 unless otherwise announced on the Google calendar, and 9-12th grade on Thursdays from 3:30-5:30 for the Nov 4th Consumer Judging Contest. Youth enjoy learning how to evaluate products and develop oral reasons for a particular class. The contest also features a commercial to promote cotton. Please contact the 4-H office for more information.
The first-place Area Senior Team is Isaiah Dailey, Eli Samsel, Autumn Samsel, and George Wilder Boggs. The team is coached by Steven Patrick.
George Wilder Boggs was the top individual at the Sandy Creek Area contest.
